If that’s the trend, I want to get out ahead of it.

So I don't see where that trend is getting uprooted in the short term unless the college can discover the cause of the negative trend and rectify it. 

There are so many trendy, online forum solutions that are far more complicated in real life.

In many countries, Engineering is the highest paid profession, and this trend is not as common.

My "bro" generation (Mid 20's) thinks real estate is trendy and cool because their sisters boyfriends uncles son flips houses and he tells them how much money he makes doing so and he's the "cool guy without a "real job"".

(American Airlines just announced they're laying off over 17,000 employees...they turned them from temporary layoffs to permanent...) and that trend is likely to continue. #2 )There is also A LOT of political puppetery going on that we won't know where we stand until after the election. 

You can't go far without finding something new and trendy and exciting to do in Queen Creek.

But the long term trend is as you say--the future resale and rent appreciation will be the issue.  

Our project is in the rougher part of the district, but houses very nearby are appraising very high and it is considered to be a trendy part of town.

Personally, unless the real estate market nationwide tumbles (which is possible), I don't think Portland will go down much because demand is increasing as people continue to move up to Oregon from California (a trend I see no evidence of slowing down) and there isn't really a way to add infastructure like roads and highways in the city center.